Screenshot: Sony Pictures on YouTube Train scenes in movies are better than car chases 100 times out of 100. By setting an action sequence in or on a moving train, the stakes are amped up by orders of magnitude. One of my favorite action films of the last decade, David Leitch’s “Bullet Train” makes incredible … Read more
If you hear a train honking at you, then it’s probably too late. Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images) America has a real problem with railway crossings, with the intersection between road and rail causing more than 200 deaths in 2023 alone. While crumbling infrastructure is mostly to blame for the issues Americans have with rail … Read more
Photo: David Ryder (Getty Images) Freight railroads are using something called Precession Scheduling to run longer trains with fewer crewmembers in order to maximize profits. To hopefully curb potential accidents, the Biden Administration mandated Tuesday a bare minimum that at least two people be aboard sometimes miles-long freight trains. Some trains, however, will get a pass … Read more
There are a bunch of reasons that the ports in Southern California have seen a huge inbound freight uptick in recent years, including the buying habits of Americans and difficulties getting through the canals Suez and Panama. As a result, train freight exiting Los Angeles is also massively up. Unlike other freight corridors pulling any … Read more
